The authors have taken a counseling system developed to encourage smoking cessation and adapted it to weight loss. This is a simple and effective way to help your patients with diabetes manage their weight.Management strategies and tools — Weight loss

People with Type 2 diabetes and their physicians often show a reluctance to start insulin therapy despite its effectiveness. The authors describe the factors that contribute to this reluctance and suggest strategies for overcoming these barriers.Drug treatment — Insulin

The authors present some tips to help you prepare your Muslim patients for managing their diabetes as they perform their religious obligation to travel to Mecca and Medina.Diabetes in specific populations — Muslims

The Editor weighs in on the lack of availability of nutritious foods in our schools and on the dearth of physical activity of youth both at school and home. He offers suggestions to help reverse this rise in obesity in our youth, which diminishes their quality of life an endangers their health and futures.Childhood diabetes